Wire fence.



.P- W. &'W. M. DILLON..

, WIRE FENCE. AlfPLIOATION mum 5221221, 1908. v 908,757. Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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attoznu UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL W. DILLON AND WASHINGTON M. DILLON, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

WIRE FENCE Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed September 21,1908. serinno. 454,129.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known" that we, PAUL W. DILLON and WASHINGTON M. DILLON, citizens of the United States, residing at Sterling, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illi- 1101s, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Wire Fences; and we do declare the following to b'e'a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying. drawings, and to the letters and figures, of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

Our invention has reference to wire fences,

of the style commonly known as square mesh fences, and pertains more, especially to a novel means for securing the transverse, or stay wires, to the longitudinal {wires of the fence.

."In'the drawings-:Figure 1 is asection from a panel 'of fencing embodying our Fig; 2-; is an Bl larged detail, showing'the constmction; of the upper end of'one' of the,stayjiwiresections, Fig. 3 is an enlarged" detail," showing L a complete tie,

or interlockingof the ends if-the staywire sections, at the point of intersection with a strand wire; FigL-A -is-a partialsection, vertically of' the fence, showing a: modified form thereof.

In the drawings similarparts arereferred' to by similar numbers throughout.

The fence is formed of 'a plurality of 1 longitudinal or strtnidwiresfll, separated at intervals by'series of stay wire sections 2, each stay wire section uniting twoadjacent strand wires..and the sections of each series being in substantial alinement'transversely of the fence. The sections 2 are attached to the selvage wires of the-fence in the usual manner by coils 3. At the points of intersection with the intermediate wires 1 the upper ends oft-he sections 2 are projected into bars t, which extend diagonally across the upper sides of the strand wires, and end in coils 5, embracing such 7 At their lower ends said sections 2 are provided with coils 6, which enstrand wires circle the wire 1 and the bar 4 of the adjacent section 2.

If it is' desired to form a'rigid joint at the point of intersection of the stay wire sections with the strand wires, the coils 6 may be tightly wrapped about the bar 4 and wire 1/ binding the same tightly together,

and the coil 5 also tightly wrapped upon the strand wire. If, on the other hand it is desired to have a loose, or hinge joint at the point of intersection, the coils 5 and 6 may be more loosely wrapped, allowing a limited lateral movement of the strand wires, and rendering the fence more flexible incase of any force being exerted upon or against the same.

The lower ends of the stay wire sections are preferably passed on opposite sides of the strand wire, at the point of intersection therewith, but if desired, both ,ends of the stay wires can be carried on the same side a of the strandwire, with the lower end of the stay wire on the outside of the bar 4, so as to be readily coiled thereon.

In Fig. 4: is shown a construction wherein the end of the coils 5 and 6 'are projected laterally fromthe fence in opposite directions, and pointed to form projecting barbs 7 and 8,-respectivelg,

The provision 0 the extra coil 5 at the end of the bare in addition to the coils 6,

wire, at the point of intersection therewith, and. lessens the liability of the stay wires to slip .or get out of position on he strand wires.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

' 1. A wire fence fabric, comprisinga series of horizontal strand wires, and plurality of vertical stay wires, each stay wire formed in sections provided at their upper ends with short bars extending diagonally across the strand wires on the upper sides thereof;

'coils on the lower ends of said stay wire sections, embracing said bars and the strand Wires adjacent thereto, and means for attaching the ends of said bars to the strand wires, substantially as shown and set forth.

2. In a device of the class named, the combination of a plurality of strand wires 1; a-plurality of stay wires, formed of sections 2, prov ded at their-upper ends with provides a greater amountof bearing upon the strand bars 4, and at their lower ends with coils 6, In testimony whereof, we affix cur signaegcircling the wire 1 almd bar 4 of the next tures, in presence of two'witnesses.

a jacent section 2' coi s 5 integral with the 1 bars 4, and securing said bars to the strand wires; barbs 7 on the coils 5 and barbs 8 0n the coils 6, oppositely pro e.cted from the Witnesses: barbs 7 substantially as shown and for the l SAMUEL WETZELL,

purpose mentioned. D. N. MARTIN. 

